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 May, x9o 7 NOTES FROM THE PHILIPPINES 93 I have since skinned and have in my collection another. In this one I found a monkey, not yet digested. The paws were torn off and swallowed whole. Then the next joint, and so on. It was eaten hair and all. The bird had then perched on a tree, to be shot by one of the Companies on a hike. From the specimen in the picture, I took the folloafng measurements in milli- meters: Length, 1076.8; wing, 584; tail, 431.8; tarsus, 127; middle claw, 114.3; nfiddle tail feather, width, 82.55. Measurements of the second specimen is in inches: Length, 40; spread of wings, 76; a4ng, 24. This bird was very poor and weighed only 8 pounds, whereas the weight given of a specimen described by Whitehead was between 16 and 20 pounds. TH vnxLxvvxxS I occasionally see one fly from one hill to the other and may secure more. also have a small long-winged eagle with stretch of wings two inches more than this short-x4nged species. We are stationed on Mindanao by the shore of Lake Lanao, 2700 feet altitude, one of the most prolific places in the world. My wife has gotten tearly 1000 species of plants, about one-eighth of them new. I have been impreded with the large number of flycatchers. The last [ took was a pair of brilliant gold color. We have so nmeh rain that it makes collecting difficult. Manila, P. L